Vehicle-wheel.



E. H.- ANGLE.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED QCT- ao. x915.

Patented Apr. 18,1916.

w W m eRMomo/u,

HE COLUMBIA PLmgonRAm! co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

lacunae.

EDWARD H. ANGLE, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Application filed October 30, 1915.

specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates particularly to wheel hubs, and is especially directed to the means for adjusting the hub-cap which closes the outer end of the hub.

The principal objects of my invention are, to provide a wheel hub-cap with means for effecting its adjustment to the hub, which is not visible from exteriorobservation of said hub.

Other objects of my invention are, to provide a wheel hub-cap with means for effecting its adjustment to the hub, which is so disposed as to afford the greatest possible leverage without .marring said cap.

Specifically stated, my invention comprehends means for the engagement of a spanner wrench with the inner wall of said wheel hub-cap, whereby said cap may be rotated in threaded engagement with the hub end, without visiblymarring said cap.

My invention also includes all of the various novel features of construction and aris a side elevational view of a wheel having its hub providedwith a cap constructed in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary edge elevational view of the wheel shown in Fig. 1, having a portion of the hub and the cap shown in section for convenience of illustration, the section being taken along the aXis of rotation of said hub; Fig. 3 is an enlarged inner face view of the cap, with a spanner wrench shown in dot and dash lines operatively engaged therewith; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the spanner wrench for effecting the adjustment of said cap. I

In said figures, the wheel comprises the spokes 5, radiating from between the inner and outer hub flanges 6 and 7 respectively, the latter having the outwardly projecting barrel 9 into which the axle 10 of the vehicle extends, and within which the hub retaining nut 12 may be disposed. The outer end of the hub barrel 9 may be internally threaded,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 58,771.

' as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the externally threaded boss 13 of the hub-cap 15, which is preferably-hollow, as shown, and which is provided with a plurality of recesses 16 extending into the body thereof from the inner surface 17 and preferably as near to the periphery thereof as may be practicable. The recesses 16 afford convenient means for turning the hub-cap 15 to adjust it into engagement with the hub barrel 9, so as to engage its shoulder 18 with the end of the hub barrel 9, or to remove it therefrom when it is desired to manipulate the nut 12 or to obtain access to thelinterior of said hub barrel. Such adjustment of the hub-cap 15 may be conveniently effected by a spanner wrench of the type shown in Fig. 4, which comprises the handle 19 having the bifurcated semi-circular end forming arms 20 i which are arranged to embrace the hub barrel 9, and which are provided with the studs 22 respectively arranged to engage diametrically opposite recesses 16 in said hubcap 15.

It may be here noted that hub-caps as usually constructed have their outer wall provided with a polygonal recess or projection, or have their peripheral wall so formed as to be engaged by a suitable key or wrench, for the purpose of rotating said cap into and out of engagement with the hub barrel, and that the effect is to mar the enameled or polished surfaces which are exposed to view.

My invention is advantageous in that the wrench engaging recesses are not only so disposed as not to be exposed to view, but may be so near the periphery as to afford great leverage for its rotation by the type of spanner wrench shown. Furthermore, by-

providing the hub-cap with its means of adjustment in the inner wall thereof, desirable space is afl orded on its outer surface for trade emblems, monograms, etc., as indicated in Fig. 1.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the precise details of construction and arrangement herein set forth, as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

.Having thus described my invention, I claim:

- 1. A vehicle hub having a threaded hub barrel, and a threaded hub-cap having re cesses in its inner Wall affording means for effecting the threaded adjustment of said hub-cap With respect to said hub barrel.

2. A Vehicle hub having a threaded hub barrel, and a threaded hub-cap having recesses in its inner Wall adjacent to the peripherv thereof, affording means for effecting the rotation of said hub-cap With respect to said hub barrel.

' 3. A vehicle hub having a threaded hub barrel, and a threaded hub-cap having a shoulder arranged to engage the end of said hub barrel, and having its inner Wall provided With depressions whereby it may be rotated With respect to said hub barrel.

4. A cap for a vehicle hub, having its inner Wall provided with recesses arranged to be engaged With a suitable tool for effecting its adjustment on said hub.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my-hand this 28th day of October, A. D.,

, EDWARD H. ANGLE. Witnesses:

\ NATHAN BELCHER,

WILLIAM BELCHER.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtained 1'01 five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents.

Washington. D. C. 

